{"id":28150,"date":"2014-08-25T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=28150"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:27:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:27:22","slug":"nk-authorities-slash-china-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/nk-authorities-slash-china-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"NK Authorities Slash China Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The number of North Korean residents<br \/>\npermitted to visit relatives in China is down significantly from last year\u2019s<br \/>\nstatistics during the same period. Yet another attempt to regain control, this<br \/>\nmove is another attempt by the paranoid leadership to block exchanges with the<br \/>\noutside world and the plethora of information available there.<a name=\"h.id9g81itxnos\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A source in China reported to Daily NK on<br \/>\nAugust 22, \u201cIn August, there are usually no large events taking place in North<br \/>\nKorea, so it\u2019s usually easier for people to visit family members in China then;<br \/>\nthis year though, that doesn\u2019t seem to be happening.\u201d He went on to explain the<br \/>\nreasoning behind the decline, \u201cThere is testimony that the North Korean<br \/>\nauthorities are actively curtailing the number of those going to China for this<br \/>\npurpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">North Korean residents traversing the<br \/>\nborder to visit family members in China began in 2000, just after the period of<br \/>\nthe famine, referred to as the \u201cArduous March.\u201d&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs the authorities could no longer provide regular food rations to the<br \/>\npeople, it resorted to dispatching them to \u201cgo abroad and seek help.\u201d<br \/>\nNaturally, China presented as the simplest option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The currency reform on November 30, 2009<br \/>\nsought to curb inflation and monetary overhang but resulted in the inverse,<br \/>\nhyperinflation. Residents took to seeking out their brethren in China for<br \/>\nassistance to cope with the additional financial hardship. The outcome of the<br \/>\n100:1 redenomination fostered increased mistrust in the authorities by<br \/>\nresidents as well as mass panic on the ground; most watched helplessly as<br \/>\nhard-earned savings were reduced to worthless bits of paper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The situation this year is vastly<br \/>\ndifferent, the source explained. This month has seen daily averages of five<br \/>\nNorth Korean travelers pass through Dandong Customs House, a sharp decline from<br \/>\nthe 50-100 individuals who moved through on a given day in past years, an<br \/>\nindication that the North Korean authorities have drastically reduced visas<br \/>\npermitting these visitations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A similar dip in numbers arose shortly<br \/>\nafter events commemorating the anniversary of Kim Il Sung\u2019s birth on April<br \/>\n15th, 2014; the daily average of North Koreans advancing through Dandong<br \/>\nCustoms House was approximately 10 people. This is the busiest time of year in<br \/>\nNorth Korea, as rice-planting season runs from May to June and the entire<br \/>\npopulation is mobilized to work on farms, explaining the decline in those<br \/>\nheaded to China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThere are some North Koreans who are still<br \/>\ngoing to China, but most of them are involved in business or trading; general<br \/>\nresidents are nowhere to be seen. Compared to the annual crowds pouring out<br \/>\nafter \u2018Victory Day,\u2019 [July 27th celebrations marking the signing of the Korean<br \/>\nWar Armistice signed in 1953, perceived as a victory in the North] this is<br \/>\nquite unusual,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The source interpreted this not as an<br \/>\nanomaly, but rather as a measure instigated by a regime gaining confidence in<br \/>\nits economic status. This year did see record breaking trade activity between<br \/>\nChina and North Korea and the relative stabilization of market prices in the<br \/>\nNorth.&nbsp; Rather than seeking help abroad,<br \/>\nthe North Korean authorities are trying to solve these matters domestically;<br \/>\nwith concurrent attempts to cultivate a better image internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Most notably, residents\u2019 exposure to<br \/>\noutside information in China has given the authorities new pause in their<br \/>\nwillingness to send them abroad; potential economic gains in China are not<br \/>\nworth North Koreans breaking away from state ideology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIn the past, people only had to offer up<br \/>\nthe proper amount in bribes to the State Security Department to get them to<br \/>\noverlook activities by Christians or others entrenched in ideas acquired on the<br \/>\noutside, but now it\u2019s certain they would get caught,\u201d he explained. Now that<br \/>\nthe authorities are aware of the effects, they are ratcheting up their efforts<br \/>\nto stem them, \u201cThere are so many who don\u2019t return these days that the<br \/>\nauthorities fear even bigger problems will arise if they allow people to go [to<br \/>\nChina].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe stringent controls placed on border<br \/>\nsecurity and outside phone calls are so much more severe since Kim Jong Eun<br \/>\ncame to power. The latest in this series of attempts at mind control is to do<br \/>\naway with any chance for North Koreans to meet freely with relatives in China,\u201d<br \/>\nhe concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The upcoming September 9th holiday, which marks<br \/>\nthe founding date of the state, and the day the Chosun Workers\u2019 Party was<br \/>\nfounded, October 10th, are both expected to yield even fewer able to enter<br \/>\nChina to visit family members. While there is always the possibility for the<br \/>\nNorth Korean authorities to expand permission again after the events end, the<br \/>\ndownward trend is expected to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of North Korean residents permitted to visit relatives in China is down significantly from last year\u2019s statistics during the same period. Yet another attempt to regain control, this move is another attempt by the paranoid leadership to block exchanges with the outside world and the plethora of information available there. 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